Vacuum pumping system



May 12, 1942; ca. R; EmcsoN 2,282,357 I VACUUM PUMPING SYSTEM Filed Sept. 30, 1939 GEORGE R. ERICSON ATTORNEY Patented May 12, 1942 VACUUM PUMPING SYSTEM George R. Ericson, Kirkwood, Mo., assignor to Carter Carburetor Corporation, St. Louis, Mo., a corporation of Delaware Application September 30, 1939, Serial No. 297,282

2 Claims.

.This invention relates to vacuum booster pumps for use in motor vehicles.

It is well known that vacuum operated motorvehicleaccessories which depend entirely upon the partial vacuum in the engine intake manifold for operation, fail to function under certain conditions of engine operation during which sufiicient vacuum in the intake manifold to operate them does not exist.

An object of this invention is to provide a novel and dependable device capable of providing supplementary vacuum for the continued operation of such devices at a time when suflicient vacuum to perform this function does not exist in the intake manifold.

It 'is a further object of this invention to provide a device of the above character capable of supplying fluid pressure for the operation of such devices independent of engine operation.

The manner in which these objects are achieved is set forth in the following description and accompanying drawing, referring to which:

The single figure is a schematic view showing the invention and relative automobile parts.

Numeral I indicates the upper fore end of an automobile having a windshield 2 upon which a wiper blade 3 is caused to move by a conventional fluid motor 4. An engine intake manifold is indicated at 5 upon which is mounted a conventional carburetor 6 equipped with a constant level fuel chamber 1. A portion of a fuel storage tank is indicated at 8. An electrically driven cen- 1 trifugal fuel pump 9 is provided and is suspended in tank 8 by suspension rod 3!. A source of electrical energy' for the operation of the fuel pump is supplied by the storage battery ID. A switch H conveniently located is provided in the electric fuel pump circuit l2.

Extending upwardly and attached to the pump casing is a cylinder ID in which a piston 4| is arranged for reciprocation. An inlet port l2 and an outlet port l3 are provided near the lower end of the cylinder in. These ports are controlled by a double end valve I4 which is supported and guided in the blocks l5. Valve i4 carries a pin IS. A lever it moves the valve to the right or left as it swings on its pivot I! by reason of the arrangement of pin I8 in the forked end of the lever 15. A spring l9, having one end attached to some fixed point 20 and its other end attached to lever I6, is provided. Lever I6 is further provided with a laterally extending arm 2| arranged to be engaged by the collars 22 and 23 carried by a valve actuating rod 24. Rod 24 is rigidly attached to piston rod 25. At the upper end of cylinder I0 is an inlet 26 and an outlet 21. The inlet 26 is controlled by an inlet check valve 28 and the outlet by an outlet check valve 29. A'spring 30 in the cylinder l0, above the piston, normally urges the piston downwardly.

Discharge from the centrifugal pump is conducted through discharge passage 3la to the top of the storage tank and therefrom to the constant level chamber I of the carburetor by conduit 32. The discharge passage 31a is provided with a branch 33 which communicates with the lower part of cylinder I0 through-port l2. Communication between the upper part of cylinder 90, the windshield wiper motor and the engine intake manifold is provided by a branched conduit 3t. A check valve 35 is provided in the conduit 36 between the junction of the branches and the intake manifold.

In operation, if the engine is operating and a suflicient vacuum exists in the intake manifold, the piston 4| will be drawn upward against the tension of spring 30, check valve 35 being open at this time. It will be understood that when a degree of vacuum exists in the intake manifold suflicient to hold piston 41 in its uppermost position against spring 30, that this degree of vacuum is suflicient for operation of the cleaner. take manifold drops below that point required to operate the windshield cleaner, the piston 4! will descend due to the pressure of spring 30 and thereby create a vacuum in the upper part of cylinder to, check valve 29 being closed at this time. The liquid fuel below piston 4| will be discharged through open port I3 during this operation. Also under these conditions check valve 35 will be closed. As the piston approaches the lower end of its stroke, collar 23 on rod 24 engages arm 2| on lever l6 thereby -rotating lever l6 counterclockwise on pivot l1. As pin l8 in valve I4 is moved to the left slightly beyond alignment with pivot l1 and spring attaching point 20, the spring l9 will cause the valve II to be rapidly snapped to the left, thereby closing port I3 and opening port l2, permitting the flow of fuel, under pressure from the centrifugal pump into the cylinder l0 below the piston. The

. piston 4| will, thereby, be moved upward against Assuming that the vacuum in the inl trifugal fuel pump is in operation. It will also be seen that the operation of the booster device is prevented by adequate intake manifold vacuum.

The foregoing description and accompanying drawing are intended to be illustrative and not limiting and the use of all modifications within the scope of the appended claims is contemplated.

I claim:

l. A combination liquid fuel and vacuum pump comprising a casing having a liquid pumping chamber and a vacuum pumping chamber, centrifugal pump structure in said liquid pumping chamber, means for driving said centrifugal pump, a movable displacement member in said vacuum pumping chamber, a liquid passageway for conveying a portion of the discharge from said liquid pumping chamber to 'said vacuum pumping chamber at one side of said displace 20 ment member, spring means acting upon the opposite side of said displacement member, and valve means operatively connected to said displacement member lor controlling the flow of. liquid to said vacuum pumping chamber.

2. In combination an electrically operated centrifugal liquid pump, a casing for said pump, an extension 'of said casing forming a cylindrical chamber, a reciprocating piston in said cylindrical chamber, check valve controlled inlet and discharge ports at one'end 01 said cylindrical chamber, spring means for urging said piston toward the opposite end of said cylindrical chamber, inlet and discharge ports in said opposite end of said cylindrical chamber, valve mechanism operatively connected to said piston for controlling said last-mentioned ports, and a passageway for conveying liquid discharged by said cen-= trifugal pump to said last-mentioned inlet port.

7 GEORGE R. ERICSON. 

